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What Iran's elections mean for Biden and Khamenei
Newsweek· 1 day agoMost of the six candidates approved out of more than 80 initial hopefuls reflect the nation's consolidation of power in the hands of conservative...
Iran OKs 6 candidates for presidential race, but again blocks Ahmadinejad
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 3 days agoEbrahim Raisi and seven others. The council again barred former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, a...
Iran names six approved candidates for presidential election
Euronews via Yahoo News· 2 days agoAmir-Abdollahian, in northern Iran last month. Raisi had been expected to secure another term in...
Who’s in the running to be Iran’s next president?
Al Jazeera· 1 day agoWhile the ultimate head of the Iranian state is the unelected Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the president is the second-most powerful position.
Iran’s elections could give rise to another military coup
The Hill· 1 day agoRepublic as pro-establishment figures now compete for the role of president. Between the losses of...
Iran election: Hardliners dominate presidential candidates
BBC News· 2 days agoIran’s Guardian Council has approved six candidates to run in this month's presidential election....
Who are the main contenders to be Iran’s next president?
The Economist· 2 days agoAFTER THREE years of ruthless hardline government under Ebrahim Raisi, Iran’s 61m voters once again...
Gaza Chief’s Brutal Calculation: Civilian Bloodshed Will Help Hamas
The Wall Street Journal· 2 days agoWhen Hamas political chief Haniyeh and deputy Saleh al-Arouri traveled to Tehran in November for a...
Iran helicopter crash shows Tehran's reliance on an aging fleet as well as its challenges at home
San Francisco Chronicle· 5 days agoWithin an hour, the Bell 212 helicopter had crashed into a cloud-covered mountainside. While the...
Iran Approves Six Candidates to Run for President. All but One Are Conservatives.
The Wall Street Journal· 3 days agoNotably, the Guardian Council—a body of clerics aligned with Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei —banned...